VERSIONS – Mystère II 20, IIC, MD.453
Hispano-Suiza Tay 250 centrifugal turbojet
Pitot
Night-fighter version, details as
Mystère-01 unless otherwise indicated
Revised nose/cockpits/intakes/trunking,
lateral intakes blended into fuselage
Whip antenna offset
to port side
Whip antenna
Provision for radar
2 x 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 552 cannons
New cockpit/canopy/windshield
11th pre-series airframe built as night fighter
proposal in 1952, used as ejector seat testbed
after completion of flight tests in 1953
Revised fin profile
Small dorsal spine
Revised airbrakes
V-shaped front element
to three-part windshield
Rearward-sliding, one-piece
canopy with central bow
Tandem, two-seat cockpit
for pilot and navigator/WSO
MD.453
Mystère IIIN
Hispano-Suiza Tay 250 centrifugal turbojet
Pitot
Details as Mystère-01 unless otherwise indicated
2 x 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 552 cannons
with 100 rounds per gun
Nose gear doors revised - two doors positioned/hinged on starboard side
Whip antenna offset
to port side
Whip antenna
Derveaux 148 gun laying radar
No dihedral to tailplanes
Sadir Carpentier Mk.IV gunsight
Mystère IIC production
1 x SNECMA Atar 101F axial-flow turbojet
Details as Mystère-01 unless otherwise indicated
No cannon armament
Nose gear doors revised - two doors positioned/hinged on starboard side
Pitot on each wingtip
Enlarged/lengthened rear fuselage/exhaust
4 x rows of vortex generators
200 lt (44 Imp gal, 53 US gal)
aerodynamic tip tank
NACA-style inlets
Whip antenna
Whip antenna offset
to port side
NACA-style inlets
Mystère IIC 020 engine trials
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